I love his press conferences in no small part because it winds up a subset of the fanbase that hate him.
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
I love his conferences because he show how much is deluded and bad manager.
I remember reading tjat Barca and Bayern would be all over him after he left UTD. Nobody want to touch him, Bayern went with Kompany ffs
Individual mistakes (and freak luck) cost us against Sevilla last season and Onana is mostly at fault for the CL failure.
Who would have thought that would happen, after Onana looked so good with Inter in CL?
The injuries up front were manageable, but not to the extend that we should have been competing for the title or such nonsense. At best our squad was going to get us 4th this season.
Every top manager has a big ego.
At least he hasn’t thrown players under the bus (Ange) and didn’t use the injury excuse until it was undeniable.
He's been sounding defiant and blaming everything but himself for a few weeks now, probably because he's been denied a new contract. He's held talks with Ineos but there's been no indication he's part of the future.
Why would you be warming to him now? His high point at Brighton has been and gone, they've been poor for ages now.
Yes because no manager has ever reached an agreement to manage a new club while still at his old one. Everyone surely works under the honor system!
Simpletons think that both the club and Ten Hag operate in silos, insulated from key information like the cost of a transfer. It’s utter bullshit. No organization works that way. Hiring managers always know the cost of an employee and they always make the final decision on a hire or at least have input.
I hope we actually are in for McKenna and those reports are true, but it's pretty horrible for this to come out two days prior to our biggest game of the season.
Yes. Poorly handled by the club. Should have announce he was going after the final.
Disagree. The club cant afford to sit on their hands while other clubs are looking for new managers as well.
What have they annouced?
I agree with you on the sentiment, but I would forgive anyone who feels like the season ended 3 months ago. There is definitely an argument to be made to get the ball rolling on any changes as soon as possible.
It’s still shitty regardless.
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What happens after is up for discussion but he deserves our unwavering support on Saturday.
Announcing this two days before a cup final against city is disgusting.
Announcing this two days before a cup final against city is disgusting.
I'm saying the opposite
I said that seemingly the decision has been made so announce it. Don't see what difference it makes now, everyone thinks ETH is going so they should have handled it better.
Should have been announced Monday that we'd part ways after the final.
I’m worried it seems a bit like we’ve panicked and been a bit reactive here. No way this should be leaking right before the final, very Woodward/LVG esque which was a real low point for us.
LVG all over again
Writing has been on the wall for months, said back when INEOS arrived that the movement over Erik's contractual situation would be a telling indicator of his future.
If he was staying the club would have made the decision a while ago. The acquisitions of Berrada, Wilcox and Ashworth is evidence that the hierarchy will move things ahead of the curve.
Such a bad season with no prospect of anything remotely positive about the performances, that the hope of an incoming manager who has just promoted a team from a lower league provides more optimism than keeping the present coach. It speaks volumes about where this team is under Eth tenure.
If he was staying the club would have made the decision a while ago. The acquisitions of Berrada, Wilcox and Ashworth is evidence that the hierarchy will move things ahead of the curve.
Such a bad season with no prospect of anything remotely positive about the performances, that the hope of an incoming manager who has just promoted a team from a lower league provides more optimism than keeping the present coach. It speaks volumes about where this team is under Eth tenure.
What announcement?
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Nothing that's the issue.
He's lucky to still be in a job. Any other club would've slung him out on his arse months ago. It's a bit rich to suddenly have a go at Ineos for lacking class when they're allowing the fecker to see out the season
Exactly how I see it. They would've publicly backed him already. It was clear to me that they were giving him a bit of time to prove himself and were focussing on making the changes upstairs but he's failed to prove he's the right man and INEOS have basically been waiting for the end of the season to make their move. I think if we would've lost to Coventry they would've ended up pulling the trigger early, the FA Cup final has kept him in the job.
The "sacking just in case" messaging is a load of bollocks.
So we can't announce his sacking before the game, classless to do it after, what announcement do you want then? New 3 year contract?
United literally cannot keep anything under wraps.
Guessing they dont want to rock the boat before the final and were hoping they could plan in quiet.I'm saying the opposite
I said that seemingly the decision has been made so announce it. Don't see what difference it makes now, everyone thinks ETH is going so they should have handled it better.
What on earth are you talking about?
I'm advocating for announcing it before the game
Then they are incredibly naive which is also concerning.
We've already determined that would unsettle the team.
Who's we?
He would’ve gone by now but Ineos haven’t even been in place for 6 months yet. There’s actually no urgency to sack him just because things were bad, this stuff really does take a lot of time and planning. But I get that fans are emotional and demand immediate action. Long term I feel we will not regret letting him see out the season. It will work out.
The caf, on this very thread. Go look back
Hard to keep these things under wraps. Too many parties involved.
Nice double negative, Jamie
It's not though, they just don't want to do a Bayern. Makes no sense other than stop the fans from speculating.